{"id":63592,"date":"2013-12-11T15:44:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=63592"},"modified":"2013-12-11T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:44:50","slug":"the-joyce-lee-method-of-scientific-facial-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/11\/the-joyce-lee-method-of-scientific-facial-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>The Joyce Lee Method of Scientific Facial Exercises<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Joyce-Lee-Paris-Review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Joyce-Lee-Paris-Review.jpg\" alt=\"Joyce-Lee-Paris-Review\" width=\"600\" height=\"792\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63593\" 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